tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081549371856807746.post-26080011390543695642018-03-14T10:26:00.001+01:002018-03-14T10:30:44.150+01:00Stephen Hawking, world renowned physicist who explained black hole theory dies at 76<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jwjy8Itrznc/WqjpP5E6KSI/AAAAAAAAfH4/3RlWWJ4OiEMfzc8h7tTrziQRgB3TfOJ_wCLcBGAs/s1600/tmp-cam--1076295805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="640" height="178" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jwjy8Itrznc/WqjpP5E6KSI/AAAAAAAAfH4/3RlWWJ4OiEMfzc8h7tTrziQRgB3TfOJ_wCLcBGAs/s320/tmp-cam--1076295805.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stephen Hawking, the renowned physicist who explained the theory of black holes and examined the universe, has passed on at age 76.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">At 21, the Briton was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and doctors said he had two more years to live — but he defied all odds to remain alive for over five decades.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to a statement released by his family, Hawking died at his Cambridge home in the early hours of Wednesday.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today,” his children wrote.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years. His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humour inspired people across the world.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“He once said: ‘It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.’ We will miss him forever.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hawking’s first major breakthrough came in 1970 when he and Roger Penrose applied the mathematics of black holes to the entire universe and showed that a singularity, a region of infinite curvature in spacetime, lay in our distant past: the point from which came the big bang.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">His theory that black holes radiate heat and pop out of existence was one of the most debated topics because it contradicted one of the basic laws of quantum physics.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">His autobiography, which was first published in 1988, was named in the Guinness Book of Records after it stayed on Sunday Times bestsellers list for more than four years.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It sold 10 million copies and was translated into 40 different languages.</span></div><br />Yusufu Daudahttps://plus.google.com/102462340257859790235noreply@blogger.com